My husband says stringing a clothesline across the front porch is more than a little hokey. I told him if he'd sink my clothesline posts, I wouldn't have to do this. LOL I'm saving money and helping the environment, and blankets on the line just smell SO good! Be radical and hokey at the same … Continue reading A little hokey
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The perfect solution
I have tons of little things that need done around here, and I can never seem to get to them. The neighbor boy needs money to pay his cell phone bill every month so I hired him. It's working out pretty well so far. We struck a deal for a certain amount of money weekly … Continue reading The perfect solution
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Fixing fences …
...again. We have one goat who gets out a LOT. Luckily, it's the friendly one who thinks all people have snacks just for her so she's easy to put back in. Ted put her in and watched her jump right back over the fence again in a low spot. He's fixing it now. Puppers and … Continue reading Fixing fences …
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Fixing fences
One of the things I recently learned from Bessie is that when you have a cow, you don't just install a fence and have it forever without any upkeep....you don't even have it three months past brand new without upkeep! I noticed about a week ago there were two posts with loose fencing on them; … Continue reading Fixing fences
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Behind this door…
...is my treasure trove!!! When we remodeled the bathroom (and on the spur of the moment, I had Mike and Dad knock down the pantry wall to make the bathroom huge), I was left with this door in my kitchen. They were thinking I should drywall over it, but I knew just what to do … Continue reading Behind this door…
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Ugly volunteer tomatoes ROCK!
During the winter, I was buying a type of tomato at Walmart called Ugly Heirloom Tomaties. They were two to a pack and were $4-$5/pack. The cores were always tossed over the porch railing to my chickens. Walmart quit selling these (along with the hot dogs with no corn syrup and Annie's Cheddar Bunnies and … Continue reading Ugly volunteer tomatoes ROCK!
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Making salsa
I was gifted three five gallon buckets full of fresh tomatoes. I know!!! That is AWESOME!!! They had to all be done up pretty quickly though because they were very ripe. The first thing is to get the canner going with the jars in it to sterilize them while working up the tomatoes. In all … Continue reading Making salsa
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Local breakfast
I made omelets for breakfast today. The eggs were from my hens; the green pepper was picked from my garden just a minute before going into the cast iron skillet, and the purple onion was from the local farmers' market. The butter was the only ingredient from the store, and next summer that will be … Continue reading Local breakfast
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Homemade guacamole
I made homemade guacamole for the first time ever, and it was so easy and so delicious I'll never order it again! This was the whole dinner (homemade burritos, homemade cheese sauce, local sweet corn, GMO free blue nacho chips, and homemade guacamole). YUM!!! For the guacamole, I just scooped out two avocados, added half … Continue reading Homemade guacamole
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Back to school
Back to school time is always so busy for me for several reasons. I teach online so my school starts back the beginning of August. It's too soon; it's right in the middle of canning season for me which yanks that to a screeching halt five days a week (and then I play catch up … Continue reading Back to school
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